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Flying Cloud's Portico/Ship's Boats
Among clipper ships, the most prevalent half-poop deck arrangement was one usually built at the height of the main rail. It elevated the steering stand aft to a height which allowed both the helmsman and officer of the watch a clear view of the entire ship before them. And it did not tend to break the beauty of the vessel's all-important sheer line when viewed from broad side.
Flying Cloud's half poop had accommodations for senior officers and passengers enclosed below. This resulted in a minimum of structures encumbering the poop deck itself, the largest item being a small house built into the break of the half poop which provided access to the tween-decks cabins and staterooms.
This portico or trunk cabin had an entry floor on the same level as the broad weather deck providing headroom and entry directly from the quarterdeck and the companionway aft to access the half-poop deck and steering stand.
Large American clippers built to take passengers like the Flying Cloud, carried up to five ship's boats, including launch or longboat for transporting water, stores and provisions as well as quarter boats and lifeboats. Longer boats -- carried above the main deck house -- were launched by tackle from yard arms or triatic stay rigged between fore and main masts.
No tarps were employed to cover the open ship's boats when stowed in upright position. These small craft were deliberately left open to the elements to keep the boats' plank seams swollen tight. Tarp covers came into widespread use with the advent of steamships to keep the ship's boats free of cinders and soot rising from the steamship boiler and out the ship's stack.
References:
1. China Tea Clippers, George F. Campbell; Granada Publishing Ltd. First published in Great Britain by Adlard Coles Ltd., Published in the USA by David McKay Company, Inc.
2. The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850 - 1856, Characteristics, Construction, Details; William L. Crothers, International Marine, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.
Flying Cloud's Portico/Ship's Boats
Among clipper ships, the most prevalent half-poop deck arrangement was one usually built at the height of the main rail. It elevated the steering stand aft to a height which allowed both the helmsman and officer of the watch a clear view of the entire ship before them. And it did not tend to break the beauty of the vessel's all-important sheer line when viewed from broad side.
Flying Cloud's half poop had accommodations for senior officers and passengers enclosed below. This resulted in a minimum of structures encumbering the poop deck itself, the largest item being a small house built into the break of the half poop which provided access to the tween-decks cabins and staterooms.
This portico or trunk cabin had an entry floor on the same level as the broad weather deck providing headroom and entry directly from the quarterdeck and the companionway aft to access the half-poop deck and steering stand.
Large American clippers built to take passengers like the Flying Cloud, carried up to five ship's boats, including launch or longboat for transporting water, stores and provisions as well as quarter boats and lifeboats. Longer boats -- carried above the main deck house -- were launched by tackle from yard arms or triatic stay rigged between fore and main masts.
No tarps were employed to cover the open ship's boats when stowed in upright position. These small craft were deliberately left open to the elements to keep the boats' plank seams swollen tight. Tarp covers came into widespread use with the advent of steamships to keep the ship's boats free of cinders and soot rising from the steamship boiler and out the ship's stack.
References:
1. China Tea Clippers, George F. Campbell; Granada Publishing Ltd. First published in Great Britain by Adlard Coles Ltd., Published in the USA by David McKay Company, Inc.
2. The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850 - 1856, Characteristics, Construction, Details; William L. Crothers, International Marine, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies.